The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-05
Che Gttfdligemter
WHEELING, ". VA, MAnon 3, 1887.
orgnulo Disease from Alcohol.

The heart Ia usually the first Of the vital
organu to feel the destructive power Of al.
cohol. From frequent stimulation and
oyer.action It's muscular fibres become
weakened. and finally undergo a fatty de.
generation. In this enfeebled condition
a sudden shock, over.exertion, exposure
to cold, fatigue, or any depressing inilu'
ence may upset tho finely set balance Of
life and death.
Preceding following or occurring with
this changed condition Of the heart there
may be an alteration in the structure o.
OF tho blood vessels. The strong, elastic
coats Of the arteries become thin, dilsted
or brittle from h deposit OF a lime.like cub
a.ance. Whichever ,of these changes oc'
/ curs the vessel loses ia power Of yecoil,
which Is 60 necessary 10 a strong, healthy
circulation OF the vital fluid. II n little
uadue picsaure be made on the diseased
artery 1t may break and cause q sudden
death from the hemorrhage.
There IL u form Of pulmonary coneump.
ton induced by alcohol, although many q
man Is today drinking whisky as q sure
cure for Tho most fatal Of all disease.
Alcoholic H,imulants are only useful in
consumption when they spur up the appe.
titc, and enable digestive organs to better
dispose OF the increased nutritious that
ID Necessary to make up Tor the rapid
wasting away Of the body.
The liver il frequently affected by a,co-
hol. It is q sort Of distributing depot, auj
will hold alcohol, or Eny other poison
soms time Tor .reshipment. 1t is in the
liver, generally, that arsenic is found in
considerable quantity when a chemical
analysis is made in the examinations to
decide a poisoning case. The liver OF the
confirmed topper is generally saturated
with alcohol. OF course this causes a
change in ito situation, Its functions be-
come d~eranged, and the most serious re-
sults follow.
The kidney is another important organ
that suffers in exactly the same way. It
is said thu! seven out Of eight Of all Cases
Of the much dreaded 'Bright's disease"
are due to the effects OF alcohol. An ex.
cesaive indulgence in malt liquors 10 q
common cause OF calculus, or gravel, or
stone in the bladder, all these terms mean
ing the same thing.
1%aeononiu, or slceplessness, is n Of
tho distressing results OF On incorporate
use OF alcohol. During natural sleep there
is q reduced supply OF blood in the brain,
and this reduced supply, from the altered
action OF the heart and blood vessels, is
not granted 10 the alcoholic. Nothing is
80 msddening, 80 apt to make a luan
fondle a revolver lovingly aud longinsly,
as the curse OF not being able to get a
%reatiul, refreshing amount Of tired
natures sweet restorer, balmy Sleep"
We cay nothing OF tho various nervous
disorders depending IN alcohol; nor Of the
terrible form Of insanity called dypso-
mania, OF mania a potu; nor Of the most
horrible Of all horrors, delirium tremcna;
nor OF the inherited taste for liquor that
the druukard leavea as G curse to hio
children and children's children, hut the
few things We have touched upon ere Ger.
tainly enough 10 show to any fair minded,
reasoning man thst there in "death in the
cum"